Careless and Mess

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Careless adjective - Not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble.

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Mess and careless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead an adjective "Careless".

Nearby Words: care, careful, carelessly, carelessness

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Careless and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Careless" instead an adjective "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

Jerin Whistler is a bit careless with flaunting his beauty, as everyone knows not to mess with his sisters.

Source: Protectorate
He thinks about what he saw and blacks out again, recovers, tries to walk away from the wreck, has another careless thought, and comes to as a gibbering mess on the sidewalk.

Source: See the Invisible
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made...

Source: Ambiguous Innocence

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